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May 12 2008
It is amazing how often Chromatic Aberration (CA) shows up in my images. I think this is just a testament to how hard the high resolution digital sensors push our modern optics. And I have the best Nikkor glass available... read moreMay 05 2008
Another tidbit I found in Julieanne Kost’s recent Lightroom seminar here in Santa Fe is a method to control the multiple dialog panels in any module of Lightroom. Especially if you are working on a laptop it can sometimes... read moreApril 28 2008
I often work with Lightroom in Full screen mode and also have either the right or left panel hidden to maximize the view of the image and one of the annoying things with the panels is that they inadvertently pop... read moreApril 21 2008
One of the wild new features of Lightroom 2 Beta that I overlooked until now is that one can go negative with the Clarity slider. You'll notice that the default position of the Clarity slider is now in the... read moreWeb Sharpening in Lightroom 2 Beta
April 14 2008
After last weeks post on my five favorite new features in Lightroom 2 Beta, I thought I would spend a little more time on the new web sharpening feature. While this is a small upgrade for the web module -... read moreLightroom 2 Beta - Five Favorite New Features
April 07 2008
In last week's blog I was looking over the fence at Apple's Aperture 2.0 and noted that it might give us a glimpse of things to come with Lightroom - and well, it did. The good news is that Lightroom... read moreApril 01 2008
I have spent several hours playing with Apple Aperture 2.0 this past weekend and I have to say I am impressed with all of the improvements Apple has made to the Lightroom competitor. I am also glad to see that... read moreMarch 24 2008
Exporting images out of Lightroom is one of the simplest tasks imaginable. But what you may not realize or have thought about is what happens when you export images in a color space other than ProPhoto RGB. I bring this... read moreMarch 17 2008
I don't recall any other bloggers posting here about the incredible usefulness of the option key in conjunction with several sliders in the Develop Module of Lightroom. This is a well known "trick" of the trade and a huge reason... read moreQuicksand, Turva and working with Lightroom in remote locations...
March 10 2008
I am finally back from Patagonia (southern Chile) and it seems there are a lot of comments on my last four blog posts which were written over a month ago before I left. I'll be responding to those comments as... read moreMarch 03 2008
While speaking with Steve Yadzinski, a colleague of mine lately, who also happens to be a top Photoshop retoucher, it became clear just how important folder naming conventions are in Lightroom. I cannot stress enough how important it is to... read moreFebruary 25 2008
The latest batch of digital SLRs on the market are fitted for the most part with 14-bit sensors. There have been a few websites out there running tests on the difference between 14-bit and 12-bit capture. And while some have... read moreThe Nikon D300, Noise and Lightroom
February 23 2008
I recently purchased the new Nikon D300 for an assignment in Patagonia covering an adventure race. I have read so many good things about the D300 that I figured it would soon supercede my Nikon D2x. And well, I was... read moreFebruary 11 2008
If you have been reading my blog posts this past year then you have heard me say quite a few times that building 1:1 previews in Lightroom will help speed up the editing process drastically. I say that because it... read moreHow you shoot depends on how you process
February 04 2008
In every workshop I've taught since the dawn of digital, one of the things I have told my students is that to get the best quality images you have to know how you are going to process your images to... read more
